Eyeshade lens and mounting therefor



Pd). 7, 1939. o. A. KLEINE EYESHADE LENS AND MOUNTING THEREFOR FiledFeb. 8, 1957 [mew 0% A. JfZez'ne piz y 622% Patented Feb. 7, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE EYESHADE LENS AND MOUNTING THERE FOB 50laims.

This invention relates to eye-shades, and particularly to the type ofshade adapted to be worn on the person of the user.

'Ihe present invention is especially well adapted for use by motorvehicle drivers, and particularly for driving at night when theextremely bright lights on approaching vehicles are most disconcerting,annoying and even dangerous.

One object of the present invention, therefore, is the production of aneye-shade which will provide a clear vision, eye comfort and, as aconsequence, safety to the wearer of an eye-shade constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

Another object 01' the invention is to provide a novel and eflicientconstruction and arrangement of eye-shade, which will effectually shadeand protect the user's eyes from the glare of the lights on approachingvehicles, and at the same time, permit 01' a clear unobstructed view ofthe road ahead.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel construction andarrangement of eyeshade, which, while protecting against lightsapproaching from the front and permitting a clear view 01 the roadahead, will also provide eflicient and desirable protection for one'seyes from the reflected light in one's own rear-view mirror caused bylights approaching from the rear, which is almost as annoying andfraught with possibly as much danger oi temporarily blinding a driver.as is the direct glare of lights approaching from the front.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form 01' eye-shadewhich will amply protect the eyes against both direct and reflectedlight, and at the same time permit ample unrestricted view in a forwarddirection and laterally or to the sides of .the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangementwhereby the shading elements for the respective eyes may be adjustedindependently of each other and with respect to the individual eyes in amanner to best suit the particular physical characteristics of theperson by whom the shades are intended to be worn.

A still further object of the invention is to improve devices of thecharacter described in sundry details hereinafter referred to andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown for illustrativepurposes in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a highway and approaching car as seen by a personusing eye-shades embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of my improved eye-shade as viewed by theuser thereof, and

illustrating a device embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view oi the structure illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevational view of the structure illustrated inFigs. 2 and 3. and taken substantially as indicated by the lines 4-4thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a face view of one of the lenses shown in Fig. 2, and forminga part of the present invention.

This invention, as previously mentioned, relates to eye-shades, and isan improvement on the structure disclosed in my co-pending applicationior Eyeshade, filed July 29, 1935, Serial No. 33,679.

The present invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing,comprises a pair of eye glass bows 5 connected together by a bridgepiece 6, and shown, in the present instance, as provided with temples Iadjacent their respective outer side portions.

Each of the bows 5 is shown, in the present instance, as provided with aforwardly extending projection 8 formed integrally therewith and havingan elongated slot 9 formed therein and adapted to adjustably receive arelatively thin substantially flat lens, indicated as a whole by thenumeral Ill having a shaded portion shown, in the present instance, ascovering the entire lens.

For securely retaining the lens ill in various positions of adjustmentwithin the slot 9. a pad H of suitable friction material such, forexample, as rubber, cork or the like, may be secured to one or both flatsides of the lens iii in a manner to cooperate with a portion of theprojection 8 adjacent the slot 9.

Each of the lens it of the present invention is formed, preferably, of atransparent material such, for example, as a glass, Celluloid or thelike, and is provided with a shaded portion shown, in the presentinstance, as covering the entire lens. the lower edge of the shadedportion or lens being irregular and having a substantially straightportion i2 adjacent one end portion of the lens intended to bepositioned in a substantially horizontal plane and to the right side ofthe eye pupil, indicated at I3 (Fig. 2), when the eyeshade is in use,said edge also having a downwardly projecting bluntly pointed portion i4adjacent the opposite end portion of the lens, said pointed portion Hextending preferably to approximately the llne of the horizontalstraight portion l2 and positioned to the left 01' the pupil I! when theeye-shade is in use.

The lens I0 is also provided along its lower edge with a recess I!having, preferably, inclined sides It and shown, in the presentinstance, as extending a substantial distance above the adjacent loweredge portions I! and ll of the lens to provide a clear view in front ofthe eye of the user and between the shaded portions of the lens atopposite sides of the recess. By reference to Fig. 1. it will be notedthat the shaded portion above the point or edge portion it protects theeyes of the user against glaring headlights approaching from the front,while the shaded portion above the edge l2 protects the user againstreflections, in his own rear-view mirror 2| (Fig. 1), of head-lightsapproaching from the rear.

If desired, each of the bows 5 may be provided with an internal annulargroove II for receiving the lens of ordinary glasses, which one may berequired to wear, and the lens Ill may be cut away adjacent theirrespective end portions as indicated at It and I9 to permit unobstructedlateral vision of the user.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that by reason of thearrangement of the lens ll whereby the user may look below the irregularlower edge of the lens, a clear view of the road ahead is readilyobtained, and that upon the approach of a car from the oppositedirection, the slightest tilt of the head forwardly or downwardly willbring the shaded portion of the lens above the bluntly pointed edgeportion ll between the eyes of the user and the head lights of theapproaching car, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and that byreason of the recess II, a clear view of the road ahead is alsoavailable. It will be observed also that by reason of the cut awayedgeportions I8 and is, an unobstructed view of the edge of the road isobtained. While the lenses are in position to protect the eyes of theuser from approaching head lights, it will be noted that the shadedportion of the lens above the edge I 2 also protects the user fromreflected lights in his own rear-view mirror, indicated at 2| in Fig. 1of the drawing.

It will be noted also that by reason of the adjustability of the lenswithin the frames or bows I, the shaded portions and edge contours ofthe lens in front of the respective eyes may be properly adjusted formerging the shaded portions of the lens in a manner to combine theshaded areas produced thereby into one. and after being properlyadjusted, the character of the friction material will retain the lens infixed position with respect to the bows or support.

It will be understood that the present invention may be adapted to eyeglasses normally worn by an individual by merely supporting the lensretaining portions on bows of ones own eye glasses or spectacles asdescribed in my copending application above-referred to.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited to the conciseconstruction and arrangement shown and described as the same may bevariously modified. Moreover, all the features of the present inventionneed not be used conjointly, as the same may be used to advantage invariously different combinations and sub-combinations.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glassbows having slots formed therein, a pair of transparent shaded lensesmounted, respectively, in said slots, the lower edges of said lensesbeing intended, normally, to be positioned above the horizontal plane ofvision when in use, each of the lower edges of said lenses having asubstantially straight portion to the right of the eye pupil a bluntlypointed portion to the left of the pupil extending to adjacent the lineof said straight portion, said edge also having a recess formed thereinsubstantially straight ahead of the eye pupil and between the straightand pointed portions at opposite sides of said recess.

2. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glassbows, projections thereon, said projections having slots formed thereinand extending substantially parallel to the plane of said bows, a pairof transparent shaded lenses adjustably mounted. respectively, in saidslots, the lower edges of said lenses being intended, normally, to bepositioned above the normal plane of vision when in use, each of thelower edges of said lenses having a substantially straight portion tothe right of the eye pupil, a bluntly pointed portion to the left of thepupil extending to adjacent the line of said straight portion, said edgealso having a recess formed therein provided with inclined sides andextending a substantial distance above the adjacent lower edge portionsof the lens to provide a clear view between the shaded portions atopposite sides of said recess.

3. In an eye shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glassbows, forwardly extending projections thereon, said projections havingslots formed therein extending substantially parallel to the plane ofsaid bows, a pair of relatively thin flat-sided transparent shadedlenses adjustably mounted, respectively, in said slots, frictionmaterial on a flat side of said lenses and engageable with a portion ofsaid projections adjacent a portion of said slots for retaining thelenses in adjusted position therein, the lower edges of said lensesbeing intended, normally, to be positioned above the horizontal plane ofvision when in use, each of the lower edges of said lenses having asubstantially straight portion to the right of the eye pupil, a bluntlypointed portion to the left of the pupil extending to adjacent the lineof said straight portion, said edge also having a recess formed thereinprovided with inclined sides and extending a substantial distance abovethe adjacent lower edge portions of the lens to provide a clear viewbetween the straight and pointed portions at opposite sides of saidrecess.

4. In an eye-shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glassbows having slots formed therein extending substantially parallel to theplane of said bows, a pair of relatively thin substantially flat-sidedtransparent shaded lenses adjustably mounted, respectively, in saidslots. and a friction material secured to a flat side of said lenses andengageable with a portion of said bows adjacent a portion of said slotsfor retaining the lenses in adjusted position therein.

5. In an eye shade, the combination of a pair of connected eye-glassbows having slots formed therein extending substantially parallel to theplane of said bows, a pair of relatively thin flatsided shade membersadjustably mounted, respectively, in said slots, friction material onone flat side of said members engageable with a portion of said bowsadjacent a portion of said slots for retaining the members in adjustedposition therein, each of the lower edges of said members having abluntly pointed portion and inclined side portions extending outwardlyand above said lower edge portion of the members to provide a clear viewat opposite sides thereof.

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